lentil
lentil
Definition
len·til (lent′'l)
noun
- an Old World plant (Lens culinaris) of the pea family with small, edible seeds shaped like biconvex lenses
- the seed of this plant
Etymology: ME < OFr lentille < L lenticula, dim. of lens, lentil
lentil
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cook: Add the water and the cooked lentils, then simmer for 20 minutes.
- dry: Pulses beans and lentils dried or canned in water.
- add: Add lentils, beans, split peas or broth mix to home-made soups or stews.
- include: Their packaging is much improved and the range now includes lentil and salmon dishes.
- use: Below are just a few of recipes on this site using lentils.
- drain: Add the chicken back into the wok, together with the chopped pineapple, the sliced ginger and the drained lentils.
Adjective modifier
- puy: Then we moved on to a rack of lamb with puy lentils wrapped in cabbage and mashed potato with leek.
- brown: Serve with mashed potato, carrots and green vegetables or red cabbage and orange or even rich brown lentils and glazed carrots.
- red: Bring up to the boil, then reduce heat and leave to simmer until red lentils and sweet potato are very tender.
- green: This recipe uses brown lentils but the choice of pulse is not crucial: green lentils or even chickpeas would be as good.
- yellow: Q: Red lentil, yellow lentil, what's the difference?
- tinned: If using tinned lentils, drain first and rinse.
Modifies a noun
- soup: Lunch Bowl of lentil soup, wholemeal roll with portion of Laughing Cow Lite.
- salad: I would go again for a plateful of the lentil salad alone.
- dish: You can also get protein from bean and lentil dishes ( such as dhal ), nuts, seeds, dairy products and eggs.
- dhal: His menu consisted of peppery roast leg of lamb, stuffed chicken breasts, sweet & sour aubergines and black lentil dhal.
- bake: I mean, about the only thing worse would have been lentil bake for dinner.
Noun used with modifier
- puy: Puy lentils tend to keep their shape more than the orange lentils.
- split: Red split lentils are the supermarket's best-selling wholefood followed by brown whole grain rice and couscous.
Browse dictionary entries near lentil
- lentigo
- lentiginous
- lenticule
- lenticulate
- lenticular
- lenticel
- lentic
- Lenten
- lentando
- lentamente
- lentissimo
- lentivirus
- lento
- lentoid
- Leo
- Leo Minor
- Leon
- Leona
- Leonard
- Leonardesque
